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president obama was just 2 years old at the time. now he's one of the three presidents who will speak today. hi, everyone, good morning. welcome to news 4 midday. i'm richard jordan in for barbara harrison. it's wednesday, august 28, and we have live coverage of the 50th anniversary. at the lincoln memorial, a monumental event is planned. what kind of crowd are we seeing now? >> reporter: good morning. the crowds are starting to build here, slowly but surely. you might be able to see over my shoulder some of the invited guests are gathering just below the steps of the linken elinco memorial. the numbers are relatively small. if you compare it to the event that was here on saturday. at this point. but we are seeing more people come. they're having to go through security as they enter the grounds here. a lot of folks have umbrellas up. the numbers are growing as we go through the late part of the morning here. we'll expect this program will start in just the next few minutes. we'll begin with an invocation, as you might imagine. first
president obama was just 2 years old at the time. now he's one of the three presidents who will speak today. hi, everyone, good morning. welcome to news 4 midday. i'm richard jordan in for barbara harrison. it's wednesday, august 28, and we have live coverage of the 50th anniversary. at the lincoln memorial, a monumental event is planned. what kind of crowd are we seeing now? >> reporter: good morning. the crowds are starting to build here, slowly but surely. you might be able to see over...
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then you have al gore criticizing the obama white house. that's why the strange bed fellow situation's going on. >> you said the leak is likely to play out at the g-8 summit. what do you think will happen? >> one you talked about where you had british and u.s. intelligence services spying on folks at a conference in london in 27009. that's never a good backdrop to have. all our reporters are reporting that everyone's assumed at these conferences people are trying to spy however you can. you're doing what you can. but this is just bad timing, particularly you have these eight world leaders sharing the stage together. it adds to the sense there is a little bit of tension going on. one of the developments that came out is the former russian president who preceded putin as president, he was spied upon. so was the united states trying to make some delegate talks with russia regarding syria, it's never a good opportunity. >> but you say it's a good opportunity for president obama. how? >> it's a tough month for the president, whether it's nsa sur
then you have al gore criticizing the obama white house. that's why the strange bed fellow situation's going on. >> you said the leak is likely to play out at the g-8 summit. what do you think will happen? >> one you talked about where you had british and u.s. intelligence services spying on folks at a conference in london in 27009. that's never a good backdrop to have. all our reporters are reporting that everyone's assumed at these conferences people are trying to spy however you...
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president obama also pressed for resolution for both sides of the israeli/palestinian conflict. that's the latest from the live desk. over the you. >>> we are following new developments in the mall siege in kenya. this morning we heard more explosions and gunfire at a nairobi mall where militants are in a standoff with kenyan forces. those forces say they are in their final push. the country's interior minister says three soldiers died and eight others have been hurt. the city morgue is preparing for a large number of bodies. the kenyan red cross confirms at least 62 have been killed. but that does not include bodies that may still be inside the building. and we are getting a look at the militants who are carrying out the attacks. the pictures were posted on unverified twitter account from the terrorist group al shabaab. the account also tweeted that the hostages are still alive and militants are holding their ground. >>> and right now a north carolina woman who survived the attack is on her way back to the u.s. b bendita is expected to arrive at dulles airport this afternoon. w
president obama also pressed for resolution for both sides of the israeli/palestinian conflict. that's the latest from the live desk. over the you. >>> we are following new developments in the mall siege in kenya. this morning we heard more explosions and gunfire at a nairobi mall where militants are in a standoff with kenyan forces. those forces say they are in their final push. the country's interior minister says three soldiers died and eight others have been hurt. the city morgue...
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president obama will focus on the crisis in syria today. he's meeting with two of the senate's top republicans, john mccain and lindsey graham, as he tries to convince congress to approve military action in syria. we've also just learned the defense secretary, chuck hagel, will testify about the situation in syria tomorrow before the senate foreign relations committee. just to give you a sense of how dire the situation in the country is right now, listen to this, the u.n. says 7 million syrians have been displaced by the war. and that's a third of the population. >>> nbc's peter alexander has more on the white house's effort to convince congress that the military must intervene in syria and it must intervene soon. >> reporter: while syria's civil war rages, washington is debating its next move. the president's call for military action faces an uphill bait well skeptical lawmakers. many back early for a rare classified briefing. afterward, showing little consensus. >> i think members of congress were divided. >> accountability has to be cert
president obama will focus on the crisis in syria today. he's meeting with two of the senate's top republicans, john mccain and lindsey graham, as he tries to convince congress to approve military action in syria. we've also just learned the defense secretary, chuck hagel, will testify about the situation in syria tomorrow before the senate foreign relations committee. just to give you a sense of how dire the situation in the country is right now, listen to this, the u.n. says 7 million syrians...
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the house passed a bill last week. >>> president obama says he will sign it if it passes in the senate. >>> we are still following a developing story out of alabama. a-year-old boy is being held hostage and is now going on three days. here is what we know. 63-year-old man boarded a school bus tuesday after fatally shooting the bus driver. he grabbed the 5-year-old sxwoy pled the scene. police tracked the man down but says he has been holding the child hostage for more than 30 hours. neighbors of the man describe him as a loner and survivalist who distrust it is government. you can count on news4 for updates it is a story continues to unfold. >>> metro says it may need to review its procedures with d.c. fire after a chaotic evening commute. an insulator started smoking on the green line and the emergency responder cut the wrong electricity source. that left two trains stopped for hours between the anacostia and navy yard stations. some people got off and tried to walk. eventually the trains made it to the stations but you can see the chaos as people tried to board shuttle buses. metro s
the house passed a bill last week. >>> president obama says he will sign it if it passes in the senate. >>> we are still following a developing story out of alabama. a-year-old boy is being held hostage and is now going on three days. here is what we know. 63-year-old man boarded a school bus tuesday after fatally shooting the bus driver. he grabbed the 5-year-old sxwoy pled the scene. police tracked the man down but says he has been holding the child hostage for more than 30...
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we begin with the press conference by president obama that just wrapped up. news4's angie goss is at the lives doing with more. >> hi, keith and barbara. this is a long news conference. we are talking about 50 minutes 37 the president covering a wide range of topics. everything from guantanamo bay to boston to the furloughs and health care, immigration. even giving praise to the wizards jason collins minutes ago who came out yesterday and announced that he was gay. in the beginning he had no opening statements. the president just started taking questions from reporters from the get-go. first issue on the table was syria. possible use of chemical weapons and whether the u.s.' credibility was at risk for making such a strong stance. >> the use of chemical weapons would be a game changer. for the international community. what we now have is evidence chemical weapons have been used inside of syria but we don't know how they were used, when her used, and who used them. we don't have a chain of custody that establishes what exactly happened. >> now by game changer
we begin with the press conference by president obama that just wrapped up. news4's angie goss is at the lives doing with more. >> hi, keith and barbara. this is a long news conference. we are talking about 50 minutes 37 the president covering a wide range of topics. everything from guantanamo bay to boston to the furloughs and health care, immigration. even giving praise to the wizards jason collins minutes ago who came out yesterday and announced that he was gay. in the beginning he had...